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Burmese soldiers looted Arakan village in Indian border
Aizawl, June 26, 2001
Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com)
Burmese soldiers crossed the international border and looted an
Arakan refugee village situated in Mizoram State of India last month,
reports reaching Aizawl today said.
On May 18, six soldiers from Light Infantry Battalion No. 20 based at
Myeit Wa village in Burma's border entered into Indian territory and
looted valuables from villagers living at Hmawngbuchhuah village in
Chhimtuipui District in Mizoram State. About two hundred Arakan refugees
are living in the village, which is located across the border in India
side.
After entering into the village, the Burmese soldiers beat the refugee
villagers and took away valuables and food including a VCP, Indian rupee
1700, and some fish-cans, chickens and a cassette.
Hmawngbuchhuah is an Arakan village established after 1990 when the
Arakan refugees left their villages in Chin State and Arakan State of
Burma due to forced porter and tax-collection by the Burmese army units.
The transport and communication from the village to the nearest town of
Lawngtlai in southern part of Mizoram is difficult due to the porous
terrain. The villagers complained that Burmese soldiers often intruded
into the Indian territory and looted whatever they could see in the
villages. There are four Arakan refugee villages in the area along the
border.
Names in Burmese
Chhimtuipui District - csefwGD;yGD
Hmawngbuchhuah- armifbkaqmif
Myeit Wa village - +rdwf0
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<center><b><font color="#3366FF"><font size=+2>Burmese soldiers looted
Arakan village in Indian border</font></font></b></center>
<i><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+1>Aizawl, June 26, 2001</font></font></i>
<br><i><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+1>Mizzima News Group <a href="http://www.mizzima.com&quot;>(www.mizzima.com)</a></font></font></i>
<p><font size=+1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Burmese soldiers
crossed the international border and looted an Arakan refugee village situated
in Mizoram State of India last month, reports reaching Aizawl today said.</font>
<p><font size=+1>On May 18, six soldiers from Light Infantry Battalion
No. 20 based at Myeit Wa village in Burma's border entered into Indian
territory and looted valuables from villagers living at Hmawngbuchhuah
village in Chhimtuipui District in Mizoram State. About two hundred Arakan
refugees are living in the village, which is located across the border
in India side.</font>
<p><font size=+1>After entering into the village, the Burmese soldiers
beat the refugee villagers and took away valuables and food including a
VCP, Indian rupee 1700, and some fish-cans, chickens and a cassette.</font>
<p><font size=+1>Hmawngbuchhuah is an Arakan village established after
1990 when the Arakan refugees left their villages in Chin State and Arakan
State of Burma due to forced porter and tax-collection by the Burmese army
units. The transport and communication from the village to the nearest
town of Lawngtlai in southern part of Mizoram is difficult due to the porous
terrain. The villagers complained that Burmese soldiers often intruded
into the Indian territory and looted whatever they could see in the villages.
There are four Arakan refugee villages in the area along the border.</font>
<p><i><u><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+1>Names in Burmese</font></font></u></i>
<p><font color="#000099"><font size=+1>Chhimtuipui District - </font><b><font face="Wwin_Burmese"><font size=+2>csefwGD;yGD</font></font></b></font>
<br><font color="#000099"><font size=+1>Hmawngbuchhuah- </font><b><font face="Wwin_Burmese"><font size=+2>armifbkaqmif</font></font></b></font>
<br><font color="#000099"><font size=+1>Myeit Wa village - </font><b><font face="Wwin_Burmese"><font size=+2>+rdwf0</font></font></b></font>
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